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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Any normal name that is misspelled to make it 'unique'

barra333 , Aaron Burden Report

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I met a girl and her name was C’mon. She got pissed when I didn’t pronounce Simone right.

BruceVFL , Lucia Macedo Report

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410points

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Before my nephew was born, my sister sent me a text asking if I liked the name "Rylar". I sent her a list of questions to ask herself, and if she answered yes to any of them then Rylar would be a fantastic name for her child. The questions were:

1) Is he destined to be a lion tamer and/or magician?
2) Will he not have a last name, like Seal or Prince?
3) Is he going to have an ominous title like "The Terrible" after his name?
4) Is he a character in an RPG?

She named him Lucas.

HCDannyboy , Plings Report

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395points

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I saw a girl on the news named Kim Wimberly.

Kimberly Wimberly.

murderofcrows90 , Erik Mclean Report

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344points

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid My cousin has 5 children (all in State Custody) their names are: Akevion, Jazaraye, Dametreon, Chelcee, and Kerionnya

Elizreonna Kay is on the way.

PS: We're white.

anon , Tyler Nix Report

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331points

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IntrudingAlligator , BBC Creative Report

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid One of the girls in my daughter kindergarten class is named Quinsy. It’s a disease. There are two Dyxins with the same “unique” spelling and a Chacha, which is what I used to call my vagina growing up.

Final score:

315points

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throwaway345041501 , Frank Alarcon Report

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I worked at a summer camp and this family had 5 kids and 1 on the way but the 3 at my camp were named Integrity, Honesty and Rage. Ironically Rage was the sweet one. But we would always joke about what they would name the next kid. I liked the name Punctual.

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312points

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid There was a girl in my class in Montreal named 'Asthma'. I s**t you not. I was 6 years old and that is my earliest memory of being baffled by humans.

Like, why not call your kid f*****g lymphoma? Hell, why not call your kid meningococcal meningitis?

xIcarusLives , elmimmo Report

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306points

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#10

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Ryvar (pronounced River). I'll never understand unique names that come at the expense of atrocious spelling.

tasertoast12 , No Revisions Report

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290points

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#11

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I understand there are a lot of different ways to spell Kaitlin, but the spellings that are like Ckaetlyin or KVIIIlyn or some c**p.

anon , Sander Sammy Report

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284points

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#12

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I was assisting a photographer during my son's picture day at his elementary school a couple years ago and there was a girl named Areola. All I could think was "why do the parents of this adorable little girl HATE HER??"

onetwo34fivesix7 , picture day Report

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249points

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#13

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I was volunteering at a middle school and a kid comes running up to me and says "My name is King" I thought ok but his middle name was Lucifer. I was speaking with King Lucifer.

Also my wife is a teacher and had students named Mi'Queen and Mi"king. What a time to be alive

MisterMiracle23 , nrd Report

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246points

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#14

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid There is no such thing as a baby name; the name you give your baby is also going to be their adult professional name. Some parents forget to name their child accordingly.

But to answer your question, I dislike most names that involve some kind of universal virtue. Joy and Hope are acceptable, but Love is pushing it.

anon , Thomas Altfather Good Report

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240points

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#15

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I know someone who is about to name their baby Londyn. Why would you name them a word everybody knows, but not spell it that way? She'll spend her whole life correcting people.

ImSomebodyNow , Marianna Report

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233points

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#16

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Product/brand names like Porsche, Chanel etc.

Salt-Pile , Brian Burger Report

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220points

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#17

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid The same first letter for all of the sisters and brothers. It's cute when it's two siblings, but if it's three it just seems like a gimmick.

Imagine being the youngest kid, knowing your parents didn't look at you and feel inspired to pick the best name, but were more like "gee, what starts with K that we haven't used up?"

anon , Ben Wicks Report

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211points

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peanutbuter_smoothie , Sogol Salehi Report

#18

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Guys, I was at Disneyland and would hear the most ridiculous children names. These were my favorite:

England and Scotland

Arrow and Quiver

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198points

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#19

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid My friend's sister has three children - one girl and two boys. They are called Maisie Moo, Ryder Rae and Brooklyn Blu.

bilnas , Phil Nguyen Report

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198points

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#20

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Girl at the gas station was explaining her daughters name to the clerk. She named her daughter "Anesthesia". Spelled exactly like the doctory drug, but pronounced Anastasia like the movie..

garlong123 Report

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194points

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#21

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Nevaeh.

arcxjo , NameBirthdayCakes Report

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170points

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#22

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Chardonnay.

The parents named her for their favorite wine.

Back2Bach , Armands Brants Report

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168points

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#23

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid A girl applied at my work the other day with the name Precious.... My inner Phoebe thought, "ok I can't call you that."

Aerosgirl , Magnet.me Report

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167points

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Dildo-Gankings , Tingey Injury Law Firm Report

#24

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I s**t you not I know a co-worker that named her daughter Elizabreth. Its just.....sigh.....I don't know man, yes it is a name but ....but....but...but why? Just why?!!!!!!

Final score:

166points

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#25

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I know a couple who named their daughter Khaleesi Danyris (that's how they spell it), but only the wife watches GOT. Guy has no idea.

DarthAdobo Report

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161points

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#26

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Jimothy. Yikes

redditttor1 , OSPAN ALI Report

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153points

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gratedCheeseOnToast , Brooke Cagle Report

#27

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Basically anything ending in 'ayden'. Things like Zayden and Rayden.

And not sure if it's real, but Traylor sound hilarious.

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149points

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#28

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I saw on Facebook one of the girls that went to my High School named her daughter Danyell. That's how she thought it was spelled apparently. I also live in a province where they don't fail kids anymore and you can get to grade 10 without being literate.

Edit: I guess the education system in Canada just sucks overall.

matt95110 , Shubham Sharan Report

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149points

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#29

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Recently they made it legal in Poland to name your child whatever you want. So people are coming up with these appalling Polish-spelled versions of English names they know from the movies. The "Brajan" and "Dżesika" generation in coming. (That's Brian and Jessica. It's as if an American named their son "Stanni'suave", I guess.)

nakomin Report

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144points

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Jubum 2 years ago

Fun Fact: In Poland, practically every female name ends with an "a"

72points

Giovanna 2 years ago

Well, same in Italy. Most of female names end with an A, most of male names end with an O

29points

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Tiny Dynamine 2 years ago

The same in all Slavic countries and many Romance language speaking ones.

21points

Mari 2 years ago

In Arabic too.

6points

Robert T 2 years ago

They do. The abbreviated forms are not always that easy to work out either. Gosia, Basia, Asia, Ola...

6points

Jef Bateman 2 years ago

Same is true here in the American Southwest, largely due to the Hispanic heritage. Boys names that end in "a" - like "Ira" - still seem like they ought to be girl's names to me.

4points

. . .-.-. — / —. .- -.— 2 years ago

In Latin, most of the feminine declension noun endings begin and/or end with ‘a’, so maybe female names in Poland are descended from that :D

3points

Karmen vrt 2 years ago

Not just Poland a lot of Slavic languages and Germanic langages have that.

3points

Kathleen Barlow 2 years ago

Isn't that just because of grammar though? Feminine words, etc...

1point

Marco Conti 2 years ago

In Italian we have inanimate objects that can be either male or female (female ends in "a" make ends in "o" but there are exceptions, some common). One of the inanimate objects that cracks me up in italian is "table". One can use it as a male object "Il Tavolo" or female: "La Tavola". There is a very slight difference in usage, so fine that most Italians don't even notice and even then they are interchangeable.

1point

Meyrin 2 years ago

Pretty much all Slavic languages have that

1point

Amy Taylor 2 years ago

My daughter is Alina :)

1point

Joshua David 2 years ago

All my family is from Poland and you're correct. Never dawned on me.

1point

Monika Rhodes 2 years ago

Can confirm.

1point

Benita Valdez 2 years ago

I know an Agnes from Poland

0points

Emily 2 years ago

You can't name your children whatever you want in Poland. Your decision must be accepted by civil servant. But Brajan and Dżesika became a meme, like Karen

8points

Random person 2 years ago

I mean, it is a bit weird but kind of sweet. Like still keeping the spellings that are appropriate to the language but naming your child a name that you like

7points

Very bored 2 years ago

It's an equivalent of all the Rayns and Kathlyynnes and all misspelt regular names with pretentiousness turned up to a 100. Plus most sound ridiculous with completely miss-matched surnames.

7points

Marta Ratajszczak-Forbes 2 years ago

That's actually not true. The name is not supposed to be offensive, ridiculous, or in diminutive form. They are also supposed to clearly point to the child's gender.

3points

Leo 2 years ago

What's wrong with this? You probably spell Polish names in an English way!!

2points

Emily 2 years ago

We don't. Some names will sound the same, but J in English make Dż sound, G sometimes is Dzi, Polish Cz is English Ch and Polish Ch is English H. It's a little complicated

1point

Brenda 2 years ago

It should be illegal to give kids names that will cause them grief

1point

Iapetos 2 years ago

Brajan and Dzesika make sense, beautiful names.

1point

julie son 2 years ago

Still better than some people I know who named their son Brian (immigrant family), but the older generation pronounces is as 'Brine'. Including the parents of the poor Brian a.k.a. Pickling Juice.

1point

AndThenICommented 2 years ago

I mean, is it any different to Hebrew or Gaelic names changed for English?

1point

Suzanne Haigh 2 years ago

Those names are British

0points

Amanda Colley 2 years ago

Wait so before in Poland you couldn't name your kid whatever you wanted?

0points

Frank Miller 2 years ago

Wait, you weren't allowed to name your child whatever you want in poland?

0points

Leo Domitrix 2 years ago

I think Dzesika would be pretty, actually, but that's b/c I have a cousin Jesika.

0points

Carneirinha87 2 years ago

Ahah they do the same in Brazil. It's a shame you can't understand, it's brilliant! When I was covering the phones for Brazil, I had a Michael spelled Maicau, so the spelling matches the pronunciation.

0points

Fall F. 2 years ago

In every eastern-european country. Like in Hungary: Dzsenifer, for the english Jennifer, wrote nach hungarian grammar rules.

0points

Barbara M Lang 2 years ago

This is so common in European countries... https://blog-en.namepedia.org/2015/11/why-most-european-names-ending-in-a-are-female/#:~:text=the%20neighbouring%20cultures.-,Slavic,a%E2%80%9D%20are%20female%2C%20too.

0points

Tim 2 years ago

Stanni'suave... like Rico Suave?

0points

Jessica Cifelli 2 years ago

What's wrong with the name Jessica🤔?

0points

Mintberry 2 years ago

Nothing. But it's not Polish, so it's like exotic for us. And we use only traditional names known from ages. There should be also a saint in Catholic Church who had this name

1point

Andrea Purzycki 2 years ago

Are they saying that those names were illegal at one time?

0points

Mintberry 2 years ago

It's like impossible to use. Imagine an old list of names from you could choose a name.

1point

H Edwards 2 years ago

I'm not mad at this at all

0points

Vic 2 years ago

I'm A-Polled!

0points

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Tiny Dynamine 2 years ago

I think that's okay. The examples are still decent names.

0points

MoSherri Smith 2 years ago

There is nothing wrong with that. This doesn't belong on the list.

-1point

Mintberry 2 years ago

Well, it doesn't sound bad if you aren't Polish. Our names are very traditional, there is a strict spectrum of names to use.

2points

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PoopIsYum , Nicolas Connault Report

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139points

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#31

Jaden/Jayden/Jaydon/Jadyn/Jadynn/Jaiden/Jaydyn/Jaidyn/Jaidynn/Jaydynn/Jaedyn/Jaeden/Jaedon/Jaedynn/Jeydan/Jeydon/Jeydyn/Jeydynn/Jadon/Jaedan/Jeiden/Jeidan/Jeydon/Jeidyn/Jeidynn/Jeighden/Jeighdyn/Jeighdon/Jeidon/Jadin/Jaydin/Jaidin/Jaedin/Jeidin/Jaydn/Jadn/Jaidn/Jeidn/Jaedn/J'den/J'dan/J'dyn/J'dynn/J'dynne/Jadynne/Jaydynne/Jaidynne/Jaedynne etc.

I know people under 13 don't realise this name is a recent invention, but it is. It started the much-hated recent trend of making up a name by rhyming it with the old names Aiden and Hayden. If you love to hate that trend, place the blame where it belongs.

Now the names Aiden and Hayden are sneered at as "made-up trendy names" while "Jayden" has defensive 15-year-olds (named Jayden) arguing that it *is so* a traditional name! Eg. this thread

firenest Report

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41points

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#32

Anfernee.

I have a nephew named Anfernee, and I know how mad he gets when I call him Anthony. Almost as mad as I get when I think about the fact that my sister named him Anfernee.

oyeavocados Report

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39points

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Creep_in_a_T-shirt Report

#33

Phteven

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#34

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid So when I was pregnant, I think the hormones were messing up my judgement. I considered the name Saberwolf as a boy's name.

Bopeep28 , Josh Willink Report

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39points

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icecreampopncereal , Nicole Wilcox Report

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#36

Anything that sounds like two normal names f****d and had a developmentally disabled offspring: MacKayleigh (f**k you for the spelling too), Jaxon (die and go to hell), BrennaLee (dafuq), etc.

Theclaw33 Report

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35points

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#37

Jkmnop - pronounced "Noel"

2PhatCC Report

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35points

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#38

I once met a woman named Vendetta. I'm pretty sure her parents had no idea what it meant.

wjbc Report

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35points

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#39

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Friend of mine named her daughter Knoxleigh. They call her Knock Knock as a nickname. It’s atrocious.

bcsmith317 , Mike Jones Report

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34points

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#40

My name's spelled Aeryn, put pronounced Erin. It basically just means my parents are sci-fi nerds. I'm named after Aeryn Sun, from Farscape.

White_Lupin Report

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34points

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#41

My ex's sister named her kids Hunter and Fisher. Really?

MrsNacho8000 Report

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33points

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#42

My boyfriend went to a mostly black school and knew a girl named Velveasha. Cheesiest name I have heard.

nisschan Report

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33points

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#43

I work at a restaurant and sometimes customers will bring in cakes for after their meal. A few weeks ago this mother gave me her daughters 16th birthday cake with instructions to light the candles and bring it out after the meal. The time comes, and I notice her name is Aslyng, kind of weird and I wasn't sure how to pronounce it. So the birthday party starts singing and her name is pronounced A*S-LING. Poor lil assling.

RippyMcBong Report

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32points

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freakingrobyn , Jessica Rockowitz Report

#44

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I knew a kid named Da'Blessin

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32points

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#45

Sssst pronounced forest... I s**t you not

secretsubmission Report

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#46

I know how fake this sounds, but I know a guy named Right Ball

His father's name is Left Ball, and his grandfather's name was Right Ball.

He's not the kind of guy you'd make fun of his name either, kind of a tough motorcycle biker kind guy, really nice if you're his buddy although a little psycho. Pretty sure he'd punch you in the teeth if you'd laugh about it, and seems proud of his name because it's his grandfather's name.

.

I could actually provide proof, but that'd be really bad on a number of levels.

Catshit-Dogfart Report

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31points

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#47

I used to work at a museum. There was a boy there, about ten years old, whose mom wanted him to stop climbing on stuff, so she started yelling at him. Here is his first and MIDDLE name: Cayson Corn.

isitafox Report

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#48

My friend wants to name her soon-to-be son Ryatt. Riot but spelled differently.

hobbsarelie83 Report

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#49

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I work for Santa taking holiday pictures, one year a mother looked me in the eye and told me her daughter's name was Princess.
She then looked embarrassed and repeated herself, "yes her name is really Princess".

pixie_cheese , Patty Brit Report

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30points

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#50

The Jaylynns and Tydenn and Kamdenns and Erynns and Taylees and Maiylees.
In my experience, parents who choose these names are almost always the kind of white people who mock "black-sounding" names like Lakisha or Deshaun

javainstitute Report

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#51

All of Beyonce's kids names Blue-Ivy, Sir and Rumi

lostmeatTroll Report

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30points

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#52

I used to work in the sporting goods department of a Wal-Mart. A couple came up, dead of summer, dressed head to toe in full camp.

The names of their children, whom they were screaming at?

Remington, Winchester, and Marlin.

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30points

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#53

These Hicks named their kid Chevy...and no not like Chevy chase, like the f*****g truck. He was this fat obnoxious 3 year old who would have smudged food and juice all over his face and would cry and smash s**t. nothing like oblivious parents. Shirts all stained and fingers all nasty.

If you can’t tell I really love children

CozyBoyD4L Report

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29points

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#54

Anything that's difficult to pronounce and/or difficult to spell. It's just cruel to the kid, not to mention everyone that will interact with them throughout their life. You can choose a unique name that everyone can pronounce and spell.

aresfour Report

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28points

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#55

My friend's sister recently had a daughter and chose to name her Nevik. Reasoning was that the kid's paternal grandfather was named Kevin.

That kid is gonna grow up getting bullied and hating her parents.

ProcuratorSimba Report

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28points

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#56

Airwrecka

RecursiveFeelings Report

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#57

My personal pet peeves one is the recent slate of babies named "Khaleesi". Look, I know idiots will always name kids after pop culture stuff, but that isn't even her name! It's a freaking title!

Varryn1027 Report

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27points

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#58

I wanted to name a boy Tristan after the amusing character in the James Herriott books. My BIL suggested I just name him, "Push-me-down-on-the-ground-and-beat-the-s**t out-of-me."

pitpusher Report

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#59

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Braeden

source: that's my name

IFearEars , Ludovic Migneault Report

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#60

Xoe: pronounced Zoe.
Sophfia: just stop it with your stupid letter combos.
Neveah: straight to the stripper pole.

Geeklove27 Report

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26points

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#61

Anything with a f*****g “y” or “yn” combination or adding an extra “n” that shouldn’t be there.

Just saw on Facebook a Brynnleigh. Braydenn. Londyn. WHY PEOPLE. SPELL IT NORMALLY. YOU’RE NOT UNIQUE FOR CHANGING THE “O” or “I” TO A “Y.”

Idk what it is with f*****g “y”’s just appearing in everyone’s name lately but it’s awful and trashy looking.

thecatsfireplace Report

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#62

Went to my younger brother's school play or whatever. In the program there was a kid with the name Kawaii.

April_Xo Report

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26points

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#63

One of my colleagues is named Spike...a name which I have only ever thought of as being a dogs name...

Virtuix_ Report

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26points

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#64

A couple of high school kids named their baby Sha'. They pronounced it sha-comma-to-the-top. I couldn't make this s**t up on my most creative day.

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#65

When some people take random English words to name their children ! I know a nurse named, not kidding, 'Gracefully' and she named her child 'Early born'

amsks96 Report

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#66

McKynzy. Poor girl has no vowels.

NurseNasty10 Report

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#67

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid The horrible made up names. One of my Facebook friends just named her child TayLaighia.

macncheesetacos , June O Report

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24points

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#68

My cousin just named their son Pyro Mykonos. I don't usually hate names but that is just so bad.

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24points

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#69

I know a kid named Arwen-Liv, her brothers name is Kevin-Anakin...

iamkarladanger Report

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23points

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#70

A co-workers cousin named her son Chaos and her daughter Hawk. Worst f*****g names ever.

Catonlap Report

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#71

D’Brickashaw

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#72

Saw a young cashier the other day named Taelyr. Felt kind of bad for her.

Veloreyn Report

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21points

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#73

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Girl at Wal-Mart. Name tag: Aryan.

Me: Do you know what that means?
Girl: Eye roll.. yes.

She was also fair skinned and blonde hair.

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21points

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#74

Covfefe

nann3rs17 Report

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#75

My dumbshit cousin named her daughter Annastyn. I assume it’s “Anniston” but I read A-Nasty-N every time.

LiquidDreamtime Report

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21points

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#76

A girl I used to work with named her baby Khinzzly.

RadientPinecone Report

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20points

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#77

I watched a maury episode where they had a girl named "inasense" or some nonsense like that....which is another way to write "innocence" supposedly.

thedreaminggoose Report

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#78

My teacher's son is named Zzyzx. He was named after a road in California.

Uuuuuughhhh Report

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20points

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#79

I close friends aunt named their kid Atom. Like Adam but spelled atom. Also his middle name is literally danger.

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20points

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#80

Taser face

stunt_monkey Report

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19points

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#81

**Quannovicci.**

What kind of f*****g name is that.

Fxlyre Report

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18points

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#82

Kid in my daughter's preschool class was named Haakon (pronounced Hawken). It always reminded me of the sound made when you have extra phlegm in your throat.

captainaddie Report

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18points

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#83

Noodle

Zukotsu Report

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18points

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#84

"Hey, my name is Bretney."

"Hi, Britney."

"No, no. Not Britney; it is Brett, like the guy's name, then Neigh like the sound a horse makes."

"Ok, where are the towels, Britney?"

bunchkles Report

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#85

Brook Lynn.

It sounds stupid. Nobody from New York City is going to think you're cool. It's about as dumb as naming your child Ella Noy.

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#86

Pretty much any of them. You're not doing your kid a favor. At least let them get to the job interview before I find out that they're an absolute f*****g idiot. Name your kid a normal name.

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#87

Names like “Destiny” or “Star”. No offense to anyone with those names. They just don’t sound like names.

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#88

Met a kid straight up named Skyhawk, I'm pretty sure his parents were hippies

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#89

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Here in Brazil 9/10 people are naming their kids either Enzo or Valentina. Seriously.. stop

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#90

George Costanza's favorite name "Seven"

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#91

I know a kid named Echo. It annoys me.

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#92

My brothers kids are named Nixon as in "Nicks son" and Bronx. They were gonna name Bronx, Braxton. Whyy?

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#93

Weston and Easton

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#94

Dont remember who but I know some celebrity named their child #...yep thats its name, #

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#95

I know a Collynn (pronounced Colleen) and all those Ginnifers are annoying.

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#96

The kid is in college so it isn't new but my husband once taught a kid named Blamo Johnson.

I still love it and needed to share.

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#97

I work in a hospital and I saw the name Richard Pritchard. I reckon they thought of that name subconsciously because something reminded them off it.

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#98

Combining two generic names to make one giant, ugly name.

Elizabella

Renesmee (yes, from that infuriating book trilogy)

Gracelynn

UGHHHHHHH.

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#99

Pupper and Doggo.

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#100

There is a black girl in my sister's class named 'CinnamonPearl.'

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#101

Harley really grinds my gears

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#102

Paisley.

Apparently it's a carpet.

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#103

Aaron. Pronounced "A A Ron".

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#104

Grayson. Sounds like stillbirth

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#105

I'm getting really sick of guys named Todd.

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#106

This is off topic, but there's a 9 year old kid at my son's school whose parents are very Christian and politically conservative. I know this because during the last presidential election he shared with me a lot of delightful opinions about Hillary and Obama that were clearly his parents'. So this kid's name is Brock, but I've been trolling him and telling him that I think it's awesome that his parents named him Barack. He keeps correcting me that it's BROCK, not BARACK, but I just act stupid and call him Barack all the time. I can only hope that this gets back to his parents.

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Jayne Kyra 2 years ago

I would like to submit Jamie Oliver´s kids´ names: Poppy Honey Rosie, Daisy Boo Pamela, Petal Blossom Rainbow, Buddy Bear Maurice, River Rocket.

38points

Chewie Baron 2 years ago

I was about to mention him! Also, see Bob Geldoff and Paula Yates, the Beckhams, pretty much any celebrity really. Especially Frank Zappa!

17points

Carla Beck 2 years ago

I knew a woman called Jeffifer. Like Jennifer and Jeff mixed together. Not only is it strange to read, it's so awkward to say out loud.

25points

Moosy Girl 2 years ago

Parents probably said „Jennifer, with 2 f’s” when they went to register it.

13points

Nightshade1972 2 years ago

I know another Jennifer (that's my name too) whose nickname is Jeff, because when she was born, her older sister was still a toddler and couldn't pronounce it clearly. My mother was Barbara Ann, and got stuck with the nickname (fortunately, just within the family) of Bobo, or Bo, for the same reason--my uncle was a toddler and couldn't clearly pronounce Barbara

2points

Spannidandoolar 2 years ago (edited)

I closed this tab and have had to search through my history to re-find this article just to say that Jeffifer is still making me laugh, probably my favourite on this whole page.

1point

HUH? 2 months ago

In the black community they have names like that. You combine the names of your best friends or the most important people in your life.

0points

Nightshade1972 2 years ago

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0points

Robyn Rob 2 years ago

I work at a middle school. One student’s legal name was Little Carl. So when he was paged over the intercom the students snickered. Always felt badly for that kid. He hated his name. I’d like to think he’s going to change it some day

21points

Kristin Ingersoll 2 years ago

OMG!! I have a friend who calls her son Little Carl!!! I think it's just a nickname, but I never hear him called anything else.

5points

Ka Se 2 years ago

I am really happy that in my country not every name is allowed. Poor children, really.

13points

Becky Little 2 years ago

Once had a student named Creamy. That isn't the bad part though. Her last name was Passey.

11points

Aaricia 2 years ago

Poor thing, sounds like a name you would find on p0rnh*b.

4points

Patti Vance 2 years ago

worked in government job where parents had to list their kids on paperwork prior to interview. one family had pearl, ruby, sapphire, jade, diamond (all girls) and a son, onyx. dad said they were his family jewels.

11points

Shelley McKinney 2 years ago

Think of your kids as people having to live their entire lives with a unique name you choose. Consider the following with honesty when making your short list of names. 1. Imagine them introducing themselves to a prospective employer with this name that may sound cute when a child but not so cute when looking for a job. 2. Consider how often said child will have their name mispronounced, miss-spelled and ridiculed. Do you want to do that to your child? 3. How much do you want to be the butt of articles such as this and people talking behind your back about how silly your child's name is. Some unique names are ok, but all to many are just the but of a joke.

10points

Cristina Speluzzi 2 years ago

That's exactly what I thought when we named our daughter Maria Emilia. I wanted her to be proud of her name and be happy with it at 15 or at 80.

1point

Steven Bennett 2 years ago

I have an ex named Cherry Blossom; her cousin's name is Aurora Borealis. (Their parents were all flower children.) Neither Cherry Blossom nor Aurora Borealis seem outrageous, and when shortened to Cherry and Aurora they might be uncommon but not unheard of. This article makes those names seem downright boring.

10points

BakedKahuna 2 years ago

Wait until some of those people find out about letters like ä, ö, ü, ê, å, Ø and so on and decide to get fancy with it

10points

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 2 years ago

Or they start spelling their children's names based on traditional IPA: Hi, these are my kids Brændən, ɪˈlɪzəbəθ, and Zækəri. We're expecting little þeodore in June. My hubby's a linguist.

12points

JB 2 years ago

You’re way too late with this one. My middle name has an æ diphthong. My parents are English going back several generations but I was born late 60’s. Don’t get me wrong, I like my name. But it didn’t make school life any easier.

2points

Isa Car 2 months ago

TRY to go "fancy" with it without knowing how those letters are actually pronounced. Making the name an even bigger testament to the parents' sheer ignorance and lack of class.

0points

Libby Tailor 2 years ago

Or á, é, í, ó, ö,ő,ú,ű. (common letters on the Hungarian alphabet)

0points

Mistiekim 2 years ago (edited)

My friend is a principal and she had a list of kid’s parents she had to call. She got to one that was basically Orange Jello. She said it she was corrected to it sounding like this : O’rangejello. The best last name I know of is Batman. Not sure why I’m being downvoted, but ok

10points

Kathleen Pearlman 2 years ago

I have an ancestor whose last name, honest to God, was Batman - Elizabeth Batman. My husband and I met through a Batman comic, so it seems that it was fate.

7points

Laura 2 months ago

I used to work with a guy whose first name was Batman. Yes, really. I worked in HR, so I saw his ID and ran his criminal checks etc.

0points

Mrs. Jan Glass 2 years ago

It's being downvoted because it's a debunked urban legend, usually with racist implications. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/funny-names/

-3points

James Tartaglione 2 years ago

used to work at a sign shop and had to keep replacing a sign for a doctor who's name was Richard Weiner. could never understand why his sign kept getting stolen

8points

Dancing Armadillo 2 years ago

I knew a girl In high school.. her name was Tremble Hard.. poor girl.

6points

No One 2 years ago

My son goes to school with a boy named Pistachio.

6points

Jason Marin 2 years ago

What are his parents? Nuts?

3points

Pixie 2 years ago

Shoutout to all soon-to-be-parents: your kid deserves a Name, not a clever wordplay! 🤦‍♀️

6points

Ron van Rijckevorsel 2 years ago

reminds me of a belgian family, nine kids, 4 letters. Alex (11), Axel (10), Xela (8), Lexa (7), Xael (6), Xeal (5), Exla (3) en Leax (2), Xale(0). They are aiming for 12 kids

4points

Pamela Diehl 2 years ago

Am I the only one who finds this thread extremely offensive? As a public school teacher, I used to get aggravated at names/spellings, until I took the time to realize that for some students, a name may be the one thing that makes them feel special. Take some time to research names and cultures. I am so over these lists of "funny" names posted online.

4points

digitalin 2 years ago

Yeah it's not funny any more. It's just making fun of people who are different. So what if people are making up names and spellings? All names are made up at one point.

1point

marianne eliza 2 years ago

Before you name your child (or pet), open your front door, step outside, and yell the name at the top of your lungs 3 times as if calling the child home. Do the same at the backdoor. Do you sound ridiculous? Do the neighbors stare? Don't use that name.

4points

Anita Rapp 2 years ago

My mom used to yell out the door for my sister Elise. Neighbors thought she was calling Police, Police!

0points

Michelle Gosney 2 years ago

Met somebody called Whyvon. Spelled Yvonne. Her parents had never heard the name, so went with it.

4points

Pan Narrans 2 years ago

It's a common Dutch name, but the poor girl would recognise her name if she heard it pronounced the right way. Ie-von-ne

1point

Tigerpacingthecage 2 years ago

We have fairly strict rules so you can't name your child something like Lucifer for example (but apparently "bumblebee" is fine, lol). That aside, with my first child I picked a pretty common and simple name (Casper). Realized that having short, easy names are better for everything (from a parents/teachers/friends perspective at least) Them learning to say their name, naming their stuff, shouting their name at the playground, when their teachers tell their name etc etc. I went even more simple and short with my second and third. Therefore I just don't get super complicated names - do you really want all that extra work? Imagine them having to stand there for every school project or work interview spelling out their name 5 times?

4points

A Jones 2 years ago

I was named after a season I wasn't born in. Birthday announcements are always a surprise to people just learning about me. Although I admit I like my name too much to change it.

4points

Jessica 2 years ago

Lol. I do agree that Spring, Autumn, and Summer are good names. IDK that much about Winter...

0points

Rens 2 years ago

When I was a carer I once worked with three ladies named Faith, Hope and Charity; I also met Comfort, Blossom, Sapphire Rose, Lavender, Blessing, Beauty and Divine.

4points

Jessica 2 years ago

I am fine with Hope, Charity, and Lavender, but the rest are just too much. I'm fine with Sapphire; also fine with Rose, but the two combined are just so bad.

4points

embarrassed american 2 years ago

I've known people with some interesting names. Somalia, Semaj (James backwards), Easter (Her middle name and last name started with G so her initials were E.G.G.), Princess, Apple, Jaykub (just why with that spelling?!)... I could go on

3points

Will Cross 2 years ago

Ya know this kind of stuff is so trivial and really shows how shallow some folks can be. Much like language and words, names are unique and at times can sound odd or abnormal to us. Instead of being hateful to people and calling them stupid because you don't relate to something. Why not take a step back and realize that everything from language, words, names, accents, speech, and writing is going to be different and there's nothing wrong with that. No matter how strange something might be to you. It's not the names that are the problem, it's people's closed minds and narrow view of all the different ways of so many things we do as humans that is the real issue. But by all means keep thinking it's a word/name that is ignorant when it's really just you looking for a reason to be judgy and crappy towards another human. =(

3points

Anita Rapp 2 years ago

Get over yourself

0points

Laura MG 2 years ago

I went to school with a girl named Candy Shoppe 🙄

3points

Tami 2 years ago

I had a classmate named Dot Dasch. Also an Abe Lincoln.

0points

similarly 2 years ago

I remember a story I read years and years ago about a guy who, when he was born, his parents hadn't thought of a name yet, so they let his older sister (who I think was about 4) choose his name. And since their last name was "Claus", she chose the obvious. When he was drafted for, I think, The Korean War, he was at his first day of bootcamp and the drill instructor was reading off the names until he got to the Cs and then went deathly quiet. Looked around and barked "All right! Which one of you jokers signed up as "Santa Claus"?

3points

phil blanque 2 years ago

Key and Peele, substitute teacher: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=key+peele+substitute+teacher

3points

KimB 2 years ago

That will never cease to be funny : D

0points

SomeGuyinWY 2 years ago

I knew a guy in high school whose last name was O'Boyle. His first name? Lance. Poor bastard.

2points

Something 2 years ago

Some of these are kind of classist.

2points

digitalin 2 years ago

I don't know why you're getting down voted; you're right.

0points

Peta Hurley-Hill 2 years ago

I knew someone who named her child Angel (bad enough in itself) ,but when she was messaging ,telling people what the name was, she kept writing "Angle', because she didn't know how to spell it. Her sister had to take her aside and correct it ,before they put it on the birth certificate.

1point

Samara Morgan 2 years ago

It's scary how all these uneducated people reproduce so easily.

0points

BadCat 2 years ago

A few people thought my daughter's name, Candra, would be too hard for her to spell and pronounce. It's her last name that has given her the most grief. Surnames can be the worst. Gauthier, Byfuglien, etc.

1point

Alison Kennedy 2 years ago

I went to school briefly with identical twin girls: April and May.

1point

Allyson Stephenson 2 years ago

Ok... no Lie here. Work as a nurse and I didn't even TRY to say this little girls name. It was Abcde (Phonetically pronounced Ab-see-dee). She was sweet and I just shook my head at the parent and tried to keep my mouth shut. Another woman got mad I didn't pronounce her name correctly... La-a, you pronounce the - (as in say dash)

1point

TheDivineMsM 2 years ago

I know a girl that named her daughters rylie, raelyn and ryan--- like three different versions of the same name.

1point

Demongrrrrl 2 years ago

My mom worked with two women (not at the same time) both named Aquanetta. Aquanet is/was a brand of hairspray.

1point

Leara Bridges Brown 2 years ago

My brother and his ex named there daughter Arian Rose! Yes I know what the meaning of Arian is. Poor babygirl died when she was 5 mo old. I have her name tattooed on my leg and I wear it proudly! She would have been 14 this year!

1point

ka7ie is mad 2 years ago

if anyone wants a laugh, I work with two little boys named Axl and Pace

1point

NgatiDreadz 2 years ago

Little girls name at my mums kindergarten she taught at was Heiny-Lee would've been Heineken if it were a boy poor girl

1point

NgatiDreadz 2 years ago

Also had twin girls at this kindergarten named indica and sativa

0points

smithyjones 2 years ago

Wonder how many cult members have named their kids Donald.....

1point

Johnny 2 years ago

One of our neighbor kids was named Gay. Was never an issue until around 5th or 6th grade, but after that she changed her hame to "Gayl".

1point

Aubrie Allen 2 years ago

My mom grew up with some kids, all with the last name Derryberry. They were Mary, Lary, and Bary. This parents must have hated their kids.

1point

Kate Fei 2 years ago

I always found it weird people naming their kids after days/months/seasons. It is funny to me only some of them are being used though - I heard of Monday, Friday and Tuesday, I heard of April, May and June and Summer and Autumn... Not so much the others. Weird, this would never happen in my language.

1point

Seanette Blaylock 2 years ago

Don't forget Wednesday (Addams).

2points

Karolína T. 2 years ago

I am happy to live here where a list of approved names is available. Here you have it and choose one. So I am protected from parents brain exhalation like "Happy Hole" or "Porky Pig".

1point

T5n 2 years ago

My stepbrother went to school with someone named “L-a” (pronounced “Ladasha”)

1point

Elizabeth Molloy 2 years ago

"How do you spell it?" "Ell, dash, Ay" "Ell, Dee, Ay, Ess ..." "No no! It's a dash" "Err"

1point

Tt 2 years ago

Television, Diamonda (feminine version of Diamond in my language), Audi etc.

1point

Cecile Visscher 2 years ago

My daughter had a friend called Faily, ok we're Dutch but even the Dutch know that a fail is not a good thing..

1point

Chris M 2 years ago

Real names I have seen, siblings: Hand'some & So'fine. At least Hand'some can call himself Han.

1point

Red Ruffensor 2 years ago

X AE A-XII Musk. X for short.

1point

Mary G----no 2 years ago

Look up names of kids in Utah...

1point

Jamilah toenailkilla 2 years ago

There was a girl named Youpromiseme Baker in my school, a starquisha, a sparkle and a twinkle... a friend of a friend also named their baby Neji Sarutobi...

1point

Gigantor the Bog Monster 2 years ago

My sixth grade teacher, his name was Robin...Hood

1point

Lynn Cormier 2 years ago

Imagine of if Brad Pitt was the father of Gwyneth Paltrow's child. Apple Pitt.

1point

Lynn Cormier 2 years ago

Imagine if Brad Pitt was the father of Gwyneth Paltrow's child. Apple Pitt.

1point

ami 2 years ago

I knew a kid named silver

1point

Kate Fei 2 years ago

Sounds a bit better than Gold :D

2points

Gavin Johnson 2 years ago

Frank Zappa sorted this one out years ago with Dweezil and Moon Unit. Dweezil admittedly isn’t that bad and he’s a great guitarist but Moon Unit is far too hippy 😂

1point

Robin DJW 2 years ago

My kids' father wanted to name the son Tecumseh, and the daughter Sakagawea. We are not native Americans. All I could think about was the pain they would endure at school with these names. No disrespect to the greats who put these names in our history, but I flatly refused and we settled on traditional english names, e.g. Robert and Rachel.

1point

Torsten 2 years ago

A friend told me a story of her kid's first days of school. The kid insisted that a kid in his class was "Purshel Bear". Asking again a few weeks later - nah, he's still called "Purshel Bear". After a while my friend found out that the kid's name was in fact Pierre-Gilbert.

1point

Allydog57 2 years ago

Went to school with a kid named Luckie. He had an older sister named Princess and a younger brother with a totally generic name like Dave...

1point

digitalin 2 years ago

Honestly, I'm a little over the name shaming. One article might be fun, but sheesh, just let people name their kids. Names (even "made-up" names) are hugely cultural.

1point

Zedrapazia 2 years ago

I'm glad I live in Switzerland so the people with the "weirdest" names I know are Zeke, Jupiter and Atlas (all men). They seem to be pretty happy with their own names, but I bet they wouldn't be if they were called Jeoanthean or something like that.

1point

Pablo Ramos 2 years ago

People who name the girls after old dead white men: Madison, Taylor, Cameron, etc

1point

Jennifer Martinez 2 years ago

In the US (southern states especially) these names are sometimes family names on the mother's side. Maternal names are generally lost when the woman takes her husband's last name. It can be a tribute to the past. Or they can just be "cute."

4points

Ana Ferreira 2 years ago

Stuff like this is why my country has strict child naming rules, and I used to think they were far too strict, but then I started coming upon the things some people will actually name their children when they can get away with it.

1point

Malinda Washburn 2 months ago

Anyone who gives their twins names that rhyme. I always feel so sorry for them.

0points

Beth Gael 2 months ago

Tansy is a perfectly fine name and should not be on that list. It's as old a name as Heather, Daisy, Lily, Rose and other floral names.

0points

Gretchen Saue 2 months ago

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0points

Laura Wattles 2 months ago

Saw this kid's name once on an Angel tree (where you can choose a child to buy things for): X_Zavier

0points

Sarah Léon 2 months ago

When my Evil Step-Mother was pregnant with my future little sister, she wanted to give her an Arabic name because she is from Morocco and it was fine, but my father was a real French guy with a real French family name. And when my ESM came with the name Bousaima (Bu-sah-ee-mah) we had a little gulp... it's a sweet name (means "kiss to mummy") but I told her it would be impossible for the girl to find a job with it. I asked what my father wanted and he said "I love the name Sarah". Yes, I know, that's *my* name Dad ! Finally they found an old Berber name that was original an simple to pronounce. Fortunately they were smart enough.

0points

Shylah Harley 1 year ago

A couple at my church camp had three kids: Sabre, Arrow, and Bow. Sabre is a girl. They were very sweet people and the kids seemed to like their names though… also one of my friends has a little brother named Ruger

0points

Monica Pryts 2 years ago

I'm a journalist and sometimes make the parents write the kids' names in my notebook because I'm afraid of getting it wrong. Doing birth announcements and obituaries is also interesting.😂

0points

Mindy Crispi 2 years ago

Ok, funny how someone named Liucija Adomiate felt compelled to write an article about bad baby names lol

0points

Samara Morgan 2 years ago

It's a Latvian name, isn't it? In this case I can laugh at all American common names, because they sound weird for me.

0points

Kathy Black 2 years ago

As a teacher, I couldn't begin to say all the "uncommon", aka strange, names I heard. However, one was especially difficult for me... and I avoided calling on her as much as possible. Her name was "My Destiny".

0points

Mariele Scherzinger 2 years ago

Job names become names. FEMININE names, such as Taylor, Saylor, Mason, etc. Just why?

0points

Kimberly Kamphaus 2 years ago

Maisie Moo, Ryder Rae and Brooklyn Blu sound like a Dr Seuss book. Allow me: Maisie Moo, Ryder Rae, and Brooklyn Blu were walking down the avenue. Down the avenue in one left shoe. Just the one? But why not two? But who would get the extra shoe? Ryder Rae or Maisie Moo? What a tragedy to ensue! We've forgotten Brooklyn Blu!

0points

Sarah Bell 2 years ago

Also Sarah is a biblical name so I wonder if you pick the name knowing that it's in the Bible and you are religious to any degree if that has anything to do with the H or not

0points

Katie Schaefer 2 years ago

Knew a girl named Princess. She just gave birth to her first child, Heaven M'Angel.

0points

Feminist Percussionist 2 years ago

My mom was talking to a teacher whose friend was also a teacher, with a student…named Latrine. Apparently they lived in an area with a lot of Latoya, etc. but still! Poor girl, her parents didn’t know.

0points

Casanova 2 years ago

heard of a guy called Blandon once

0points

Elene Rodetis-Ashe 2 years ago

Met a Kebin (Kevin). Thought something was wrong with my hearing at first

0points

Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 years ago

why do so many names now sound like surnames, not first names? especially American names.

0points

Danielle 2 years ago

My son has a classmate called Vanity..

0points

Scott Richards 2 years ago

I have friends that named their children, in order of birth, Brooke, Charlotte, Desmon, Edmund... Cannot wait to see what F word they come up with

0points

Leo Domitrix 2 years ago

Someone to me: "And how do you spell your name?" ____ Me: "Ell. Eee. Oh."_____ Someone: "That's it?" ____ I felt like I seriously disappointed them by not going for Llaiyo (to be said Leo)

0points

Natasha 2 years ago

I knew a girl named Cookie…….she ended up changing it to Brooklyn

0points

Felice Coles 2 years ago

Teaching Spanish in high school is a good way for students to get future baby names: "I really love the word 'Cincuenta'! It's so pretty!" "You know what sounds exotic? 'Sacapuntas'! That's like an Indian Princess!" (I kid you not).

0points

Izzy Curer 2 years ago

I never liked my middle name, and there for a while I was considering changing it to 'F*****g'. Nobody you know in life ever has to know your middle name, but imagine if you became famous, or if someone was talking about you posthumously, and they said your first and last name with F*****g in between them. You'd sound like a rockstar

0points

Elizabeth 2 years ago

It’s articles like this that make me appreciate my parents' lack of creativity. Older sister’s names are just our parents' middle names, older brother's names were the two most popular choices for boys the year he was born (and also he shares a first name with our dad), and I’m named after one of my mom’s best friends (except mom used 'z' instead of 's' because, in her words, "z looked cooler").

0points

Poeha 2 years ago

There was a guy on reddit. He could pick the boy's names and his wife could pick the girl's names. 2 boys with normal names. Now she was pregnant of a girl. She wanted to name her Koala and sobbed when he didn't agree.

0points

BonnyDK 2 years ago

I once had a student named Toy. Cute little blond boy. He has to be mid 30's now....and I was getting a slew of foreign kids with weird initial names. I got where I would ask them quietly "Is this really how you say your name? How does your mom or dad say it?" Turned out not even close. I would let the class know the real pronunciations. It was the school Secretary when she registered them. Anything she had a hard time with she would give them Initials and tell them "Well here we will call you A.B." That is the actual name she gave Amoglavee. (African) and called a Tongan boy "Tata" (like the slang for boobs) whose real name was pronounced Tafu. And yes I live in Texas....sigh.. Don't even get me started on the Asian kid's names.. some kids had names with 27 letters but were very beautiful when you say them correctly. Or just Long, Dong, or Phat. I know we butchered them.

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Indra Servo 2 years ago

all those mispronounced word, how about different pronouncing altogether, like someone named Jaycee but insist to be called Bob

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Sean Sean 2 years ago

If I ever get married and have a daughter, I want to name her Nemesis. Love those classical Greek names!

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AliJanx 2 years ago

Qyaiia. Tequila. Dravon Doom.

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Tiny Dynamine 2 years ago

I defriended a guy I used to be in a band with when I found out his daughter was called Tiggy.

0points

JustAnother Soul 2 years ago

The name of a well known royal nanny, so not that unheard of and hardly a good reason to unfriend someone.

3points

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Jayne Kyra 2 years ago

I would like to submit Jamie Oliver´s kids´ names: Poppy Honey Rosie, Daisy Boo Pamela, Petal Blossom Rainbow, Buddy Bear Maurice, River Rocket.

38points

Chewie Baron 2 years ago

I was about to mention him! Also, see Bob Geldoff and Paula Yates, the Beckhams, pretty much any celebrity really. Especially Frank Zappa!

17points

Carla Beck 2 years ago

I knew a woman called Jeffifer. Like Jennifer and Jeff mixed together. Not only is it strange to read, it's so awkward to say out loud.

25points

Moosy Girl 2 years ago

Parents probably said „Jennifer, with 2 f’s” when they went to register it.

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Nightshade1972 2 years ago

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Spannidandoolar 2 years ago (edited)

I closed this tab and have had to search through my history to re-find this article just to say that Jeffifer is still making me laugh, probably my favourite on this whole page.

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HUH? 2 months ago

In the black community they have names like that. You combine the names of your best friends or the most important people in your life.

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Nightshade1972 2 years ago

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Robyn Rob 2 years ago

21points

Kristin Ingersoll 2 years ago

OMG!! I have a friend who calls her son Little Carl!!! I think it's just a nickname, but I never hear him called anything else.

5points

Ka Se 2 years ago

I am really happy that in my country not every name is allowed. Poor children, really.

13points

Becky Little 2 years ago

Once had a student named Creamy. That isn't the bad part though. Her last name was Passey.

11points

Aaricia 2 years ago

Poor thing, sounds like a name you would find on p0rnh*b.

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Patti Vance 2 years ago

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Shelley McKinney 2 years ago

10points

Cristina Speluzzi 2 years ago

That's exactly what I thought when we named our daughter Maria Emilia. I wanted her to be proud of her name and be happy with it at 15 or at 80.

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Steven Bennett 2 years ago

10points

BakedKahuna 2 years ago

Wait until some of those people find out about letters like ä, ö, ü, ê, å, Ø and so on and decide to get fancy with it

10points

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 2 years ago

Or they start spelling their children's names based on traditional IPA: Hi, these are my kids Brændən, ɪˈlɪzəbəθ, and Zækəri. We're expecting little þeodore in June. My hubby's a linguist.

12points

JB 2 years ago

2points

Isa Car 2 months ago

TRY to go "fancy" with it without knowing how those letters are actually pronounced. Making the name an even bigger testament to the parents' sheer ignorance and lack of class.

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Libby Tailor 2 years ago

Or á, é, í, ó, ö,ő,ú,ű. (common letters on the Hungarian alphabet)

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Mistiekim 2 years ago (edited)

10points

Kathleen Pearlman 2 years ago

I have an ancestor whose last name, honest to God, was Batman - Elizabeth Batman. My husband and I met through a Batman comic, so it seems that it was fate.

7points

Laura 2 months ago

I used to work with a guy whose first name was Batman. Yes, really. I worked in HR, so I saw his ID and ran his criminal checks etc.

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Mrs. Jan Glass 2 years ago

It's being downvoted because it's a debunked urban legend, usually with racist implications. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/funny-names/

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James Tartaglione 2 years ago

used to work at a sign shop and had to keep replacing a sign for a doctor who's name was Richard Weiner. could never understand why his sign kept getting stolen

8points

Dancing Armadillo 2 years ago

I knew a girl In high school.. her name was Tremble Hard.. poor girl.

6points

No One 2 years ago

My son goes to school with a boy named Pistachio.

6points

Jason Marin 2 years ago

What are his parents? Nuts?

3points

Pixie 2 years ago

Shoutout to all soon-to-be-parents: your kid deserves a Name, not a clever wordplay! 🤦‍♀️

6points

Ron van Rijckevorsel 2 years ago

reminds me of a belgian family, nine kids, 4 letters. Alex (11), Axel (10), Xela (8), Lexa (7), Xael (6), Xeal (5), Exla (3) en Leax (2), Xale(0). They are aiming for 12 kids

4points

Pamela Diehl 2 years ago

4points

digitalin 2 years ago

Yeah it's not funny any more. It's just making fun of people who are different. So what if people are making up names and spellings? All names are made up at one point.

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marianne eliza 2 years ago

4points

Anita Rapp 2 years ago

My mom used to yell out the door for my sister Elise. Neighbors thought she was calling Police, Police!

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Michelle Gosney 2 years ago

Met somebody called Whyvon. Spelled Yvonne. Her parents had never heard the name, so went with it.

4points

Pan Narrans 2 years ago

It's a common Dutch name, but the poor girl would recognise her name if she heard it pronounced the right way. Ie-von-ne

1point

Tigerpacingthecage 2 years ago

4points

A Jones 2 years ago

I was named after a season I wasn't born in. Birthday announcements are always a surprise to people just learning about me. Although I admit I like my name too much to change it.

4points

Jessica 2 years ago

Lol. I do agree that Spring, Autumn, and Summer are good names. IDK that much about Winter...

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Rens 2 years ago

When I was a carer I once worked with three ladies named Faith, Hope and Charity; I also met Comfort, Blossom, Sapphire Rose, Lavender, Blessing, Beauty and Divine.

4points

Jessica 2 years ago

I am fine with Hope, Charity, and Lavender, but the rest are just too much. I'm fine with Sapphire; also fine with Rose, but the two combined are just so bad.

4points

embarrassed american 2 years ago

3points

Will Cross 2 years ago

3points

Anita Rapp 2 years ago

Get over yourself

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Laura MG 2 years ago

I went to school with a girl named Candy Shoppe 🙄

3points

Tami 2 years ago

I had a classmate named Dot Dasch. Also an Abe Lincoln.

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similarly 2 years ago

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phil blanque 2 years ago

Key and Peele, substitute teacher: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=key+peele+substitute+teacher

3points

KimB 2 years ago

That will never cease to be funny : D

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SomeGuyinWY 2 years ago

I knew a guy in high school whose last name was O'Boyle. His first name? Lance. Poor bastard.

2points

Something 2 years ago

Some of these are kind of classist.

2points

digitalin 2 years ago

I don't know why you're getting down voted; you're right.

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Peta Hurley-Hill 2 years ago

1point

Samara Morgan 2 years ago

It's scary how all these uneducated people reproduce so easily.

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BadCat 2 years ago

1point

Alison Kennedy 2 years ago

I went to school briefly with identical twin girls: April and May.

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Allyson Stephenson 2 years ago

1point

TheDivineMsM 2 years ago

I know a girl that named her daughters rylie, raelyn and ryan--- like three different versions of the same name.

1point

Demongrrrrl 2 years ago

My mom worked with two women (not at the same time) both named Aquanetta. Aquanet is/was a brand of hairspray.

1point

Leara Bridges Brown 2 years ago

1point

ka7ie is mad 2 years ago

if anyone wants a laugh, I work with two little boys named Axl and Pace

1point

NgatiDreadz 2 years ago

Little girls name at my mums kindergarten she taught at was Heiny-Lee would've been Heineken if it were a boy poor girl

1point

NgatiDreadz 2 years ago

Also had twin girls at this kindergarten named indica and sativa

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smithyjones 2 years ago

Wonder how many cult members have named their kids Donald.....

1point

Johnny 2 years ago

One of our neighbor kids was named Gay. Was never an issue until around 5th or 6th grade, but after that she changed her hame to "Gayl".

1point

Aubrie Allen 2 years ago

My mom grew up with some kids, all with the last name Derryberry. They were Mary, Lary, and Bary. This parents must have hated their kids.

1point

Kate Fei 2 years ago

1point

Seanette Blaylock 2 years ago

Don't forget Wednesday (Addams).

2points

Karolína T. 2 years ago

I am happy to live here where a list of approved names is available. Here you have it and choose one. So I am protected from parents brain exhalation like "Happy Hole" or "Porky Pig".

1point

T5n 2 years ago

My stepbrother went to school with someone named “L-a” (pronounced “Ladasha”)

1point

Elizabeth Molloy 2 years ago

"How do you spell it?" "Ell, dash, Ay" "Ell, Dee, Ay, Ess ..." "No no! It's a dash" "Err"

1point

Tt 2 years ago

Television, Diamonda (feminine version of Diamond in my language), Audi etc.

1point

Cecile Visscher 2 years ago

My daughter had a friend called Faily, ok we're Dutch but even the Dutch know that a fail is not a good thing..

1point

Chris M 2 years ago

Real names I have seen, siblings: Hand'some & So'fine. At least Hand'some can call himself Han.

1point

Red Ruffensor 2 years ago

X AE A-XII Musk. X for short.

1point

Mary G----no 2 years ago

Look up names of kids in Utah...

1point

Jamilah toenailkilla 2 years ago

There was a girl named Youpromiseme Baker in my school, a starquisha, a sparkle and a twinkle... a friend of a friend also named their baby Neji Sarutobi...

1point

Gigantor the Bog Monster 2 years ago

My sixth grade teacher, his name was Robin...Hood

1point

Lynn Cormier 2 years ago

Imagine of if Brad Pitt was the father of Gwyneth Paltrow's child. Apple Pitt.

1point

Lynn Cormier 2 years ago

Imagine if Brad Pitt was the father of Gwyneth Paltrow's child. Apple Pitt.

1point

ami 2 years ago

I knew a kid named silver

1point

Kate Fei 2 years ago

Sounds a bit better than Gold :D

2points

Gavin Johnson 2 years ago

Frank Zappa sorted this one out years ago with Dweezil and Moon Unit. Dweezil admittedly isn’t that bad and he’s a great guitarist but Moon Unit is far too hippy 😂

1point

Robin DJW 2 years ago

1point

Torsten 2 years ago

1point

Allydog57 2 years ago

Went to school with a kid named Luckie. He had an older sister named Princess and a younger brother with a totally generic name like Dave...

1point

digitalin 2 years ago

Honestly, I'm a little over the name shaming. One article might be fun, but sheesh, just let people name their kids. Names (even "made-up" names) are hugely cultural.

1point

Zedrapazia 2 years ago

1point

Pablo Ramos 2 years ago

People who name the girls after old dead white men: Madison, Taylor, Cameron, etc

1point

Jennifer Martinez 2 years ago

4points

Ana Ferreira 2 years ago

1point

Malinda Washburn 2 months ago

Anyone who gives their twins names that rhyme. I always feel so sorry for them.

0points

Beth Gael 2 months ago

Tansy is a perfectly fine name and should not be on that list. It's as old a name as Heather, Daisy, Lily, Rose and other floral names.

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Gretchen Saue 2 months ago

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Laura Wattles 2 months ago

Saw this kid's name once on an Angel tree (where you can choose a child to buy things for): X_Zavier

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Sarah Léon 2 months ago

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Shylah Harley 1 year ago

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Monica Pryts 2 years ago

I'm a journalist and sometimes make the parents write the kids' names in my notebook because I'm afraid of getting it wrong. Doing birth announcements and obituaries is also interesting.😂

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Mindy Crispi 2 years ago

Ok, funny how someone named Liucija Adomiate felt compelled to write an article about bad baby names lol

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Samara Morgan 2 years ago

It's a Latvian name, isn't it? In this case I can laugh at all American common names, because they sound weird for me.

0points

Kathy Black 2 years ago

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Mariele Scherzinger 2 years ago

Job names become names. FEMININE names, such as Taylor, Saylor, Mason, etc. Just why?

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Kimberly Kamphaus 2 years ago

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Sarah Bell 2 years ago

Also Sarah is a biblical name so I wonder if you pick the name knowing that it's in the Bible and you are religious to any degree if that has anything to do with the H or not

0points

Katie Schaefer 2 years ago

Knew a girl named Princess. She just gave birth to her first child, Heaven M'Angel.

0points

Feminist Percussionist 2 years ago

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Casanova 2 years ago

heard of a guy called Blandon once

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Elene Rodetis-Ashe 2 years ago

Met a Kebin (Kevin). Thought something was wrong with my hearing at first

0points

Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 years ago

why do so many names now sound like surnames, not first names? especially American names.

0points

Danielle 2 years ago

My son has a classmate called Vanity..

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Scott Richards 2 years ago

I have friends that named their children, in order of birth, Brooke, Charlotte, Desmon, Edmund... Cannot wait to see what F word they come up with

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Leo Domitrix 2 years ago

Someone to me: "And how do you spell your name?" ____ Me: "Ell. Eee. Oh."_____ Someone: "That's it?" ____ I felt like I seriously disappointed them by not going for Llaiyo (to be said Leo)

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Natasha 2 years ago

I knew a girl named Cookie…….she ended up changing it to Brooklyn

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Felice Coles 2 years ago

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Izzy Curer 2 years ago

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Elizabeth 2 years ago

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Poeha 2 years ago

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BonnyDK 2 years ago

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Indra Servo 2 years ago

all those mispronounced word, how about different pronouncing altogether, like someone named Jaycee but insist to be called Bob

0points

Sean Sean 2 years ago

If I ever get married and have a daughter, I want to name her Nemesis. Love those classical Greek names!

0points

AliJanx 2 years ago

Qyaiia. Tequila. Dravon Doom.

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Tiny Dynamine 2 years ago

I defriended a guy I used to be in a band with when I found out his daughter was called Tiggy.

0points

JustAnother Soul 2 years ago

The name of a well known royal nanny, so not that unheard of and hardly a good reason to unfriend someone.

3points